Tweet-SQL allows an SQL Server user to work with the Twitter API, making is easy for webmasters to update their twitter account status includes many other features, that mirror the Twitter API feature set.
A Christmas themed application on Facebook steered more than 760,000 visitors to a campaign website run by VOIP giants Skype.
Intel, MySpace and Yahoo have announced a partnership that will allow users to interact with the social network through their TVs. Access will be via a Widget Channel, which will go live in the US this year.
The BBC’s iPlayer has provided best ever traffic figures, with 40m actions to watch BBC programmes in December 2008, its official record month since the service was launched. The on demand facility saw a swell of traffic - up from Novembers 35m figure - and finished the year with an overall number of requests to watch, totalling over 270m.
ITV has endorsed its biggest ever syndication agreement, providing 3.5m Virgin Media customers on-demand access to series such as Coronation Street and The X-Factor. The 4 year contract will see line-ups from all four ITV channels accessible as part of Virgins Catch Up TV service.
Christmas Day was Facebook's busiest day ever, reports Hitwise. The global social network site - that claims to have over 120 million members - accounted for nearly 5% of all UK internet traffic on the day, second only to Google.
Small business owners and the self employed are being sent phony e-mail stating that they are owed a tax rebate and asking them for their bank or credit card details so the money can be 'refunded'.
The BBC has launched a childrens version of its iPlayer, showing relevant programmes, news and links to games CBBC website content and a special section called "sign zone" that allows users to watch programmes with sign language.
Earlier this month Virgin Media launched an ad campaign to promote its new 50mb broadband package. The new 50MB service is aimed at enabling a more common use of IPTV- the trials conducted last year in Ashford, Folkestone and Dover, were deemed a success - and demonstrate the potential for offering high definition television programmes across an Internet connection, rather than through cable or satellite.
Googles booth at Macworld this year was used to demonstrate some of the things it was working on with Apple, chiefly for the iPhone. However the coolest object at their booth didn’t have much to do with Apple at all: A hacked Nintendo Wii Balance Board (from the game Wii Fit) used to control Google Earth.
Five has relaunched its home page with a greater prominence on content and programming, and the withdrawal of its normal advertising formats.
BlackBerry UK have selected agency Bluhalo to manage work on UK and European focused digital projects for the smartphone brand , just as it starts its latest campaign on Facebook. Bluhalo’s, which counts Sony, Sky and Shortlist among its clients, first piece of work for the brand is a Facebook fan page to drive new users and application downloads. Bluhalo joins a list of agencies, which included Albion, Meteorite and Inferno, working for BlackBerry.
Thousands of members of social networking site Twitter are being hit by scammers posing as friends, with the aim of to stealing their passwords.
For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.
So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.
Steve
He added that while the iPlayer is still mostly driven by people using it to catch up with what they've missed on TV and radio, the next version will use social recommendations to promote content.
Get your delete digit ready today – a 3,000 strong e-mail spam heap could be waiting for you at the office. Workers will have to trawl through an average of 450 messages, 70 per cent of which will be spam. The heavy users of email may face 3,000 such messages in their inboxes.
Apple has agreed to start selling songs from its popular iTunes store without DRM (digital rights management) copy protection. The restriction, which allowed users to share downloads on 5 computers owned by them but restricted them to use an Apple iPod, was designed to prevent users from illegally sharing digital downloads.